Reinforced corset.



Patented May 25, 1915.

WITNESSES:

TTOR/l/E Y THE NORRIS PETERS C0,, PHOTG-LITHQ, WASHINGTON, D. A

FRANCIS T. MQDERMOTT, OF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, 'ASSIGNOIR. T0 BIRDSEY,

SOMEBS COMPANY,

YORK.

OF BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION OF NEW REINFORCED CORSET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed January 21, 1915. Serial No. 3,600.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANCIS J. MODER- MOTT, a citizen of the United States, residing at New Haven, county of New Haven, State of Connecticut, have invented an Improvement in Reinforced Corsets, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has for its object to pro vicle a flexible reinforce for the lower ends of the front sections of a corset that without adding materially to the cost of the corset will provide two extra plies at the portion only of the corset that is subjected to the greatest wear.

My novel reinforce extends from the lower end of each front section upward past the lower end of the corresponding clasp member and acts to prevent the lower ends of the front sections from tearing or wearing out, to prevent the lower ends of the clasps from working through, without the use of metallic parts, and also assists in forming a strong but flexible support for the security hooks and eyes by which the lower ends of the front sections are locked together.

It is of course well understood that the present styles require that the lower ends of the front sections of corsets be made extremely long and that stocking supporters be attached thereto. The result is that very much more wear comes upon this portion of the corset than upon any other, and as corsets are ordinarily made, there is a tendency for the lower ends of the front sections to wear out quickly and to tear, for the security hooks to tear out and for the lower ends of the clasps to wear through and destroy both the comfort and the appearance of the corset. Attempts have been made to overcome these objections, by the use of various metallic attachments, none of which, so far as I am aware, have been satisfactory and successful. My novel reinforce, however, does overcome these objections and greatly increases the life of the corset without adding materially to the cost of manufacture.

With these and other objects in view, I have devised the novel reinforced corset which I will now describe, referring to the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification and using reference characters to indicate the several parts.

Figure 1 is a view illustrating my novel relnforced corset in place upon the figure of a wearer; Fig. 2 a detail view on an enlarged scale showing the lower end of the front section of a half-corset provided with my novel reinforce; Fig. 3 a reverse view corresponding with Fig. 2; Fig. 4 a section on the line 44.- in Fig. 2, looking in the direction of the arrows, and Fig. 5 is a section on the line 55 in Fig. 2, looking in the direction of the arrows.

1O denotes the front sections of a corset, 11 the side sections, 12 one of the clasps, 13

the hooks (the corresponding eyes not being shown except that they are indicated in Fig. 1), and 14: the web of a stocking supporter. I will first describe the construction of the front section and its mode of attachment to the side section independently of my novel reinforce. This will be readily understood from Fig. 4. The material of the front section is folded upon itself to form a pocket 15 for the clasp 12. The plies of the material of the folded front section are of uneven width, the outer ply, indicated by 16, extending the full width of the section. The edges of the front section and the side section lap past each other, both edges being turned under and the sections are secured together by seams indicated by 17. The edge of the inner ply, indicated by 18, of the material of the front section is covered by a strip 19, the edges of said strip being secured to the front section by seams indicated by 20.

the outer and inner plies 16 and 18 of the material of the front section are strength ened and supported by corresponding plies of my novel reinforce which is indicated as a whole by 21.. This reinforce may be made of textile material, leather or felt and ex tends from a short distance above the lower end of the clasp (see dotted lines, Figs. 2 and 3) to thelower end of the front section, and is secured thereto by cross seams 22 at the upper end thereof and at the lower end by the seams 23 through the bottom binding, the front section, the reinforce and the web of the stocking supporter. The inner and outer plies of the reinforce are not indicated specifically by numbers, as they correspond with the inner and outer plies of the material of the front section and are secured to the front section by the seams 17 and 20,

- as seen in Fig. 5.

' ing the lower end of the front sectionfrom above the lower end of the clasp to the lower end of thesection', a strip and seamsLsecuring the sections ;to-'each other and securing the strip tothe front section.

'2. In combination in :a corset, a sidesec- 'tion, a front section folded upon itself to *Gofiies or this-patent may beobtai'ned- 101' lzvitnesses form a pocket, the plies being ofuneven width, a clasp in said pocket terminating above the lower end thereof, aflexible reinforce folded upon itself and inclosing the lower end of the front section from'above the lower end of the'clasp to'the lower end of the section, a strip covering the edge of the inner ply of the front section and the reinforce and scams securing the strip and securing the sections to each other.

In testimony whereof I afiiX my slgnaturc in presence of two'witnesses.

FRANCIS J. MQDERMOTT.

G120. FITZGERALD, CHARLES G. SEWARD.

fi-ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington,:D. G. 

